Friday, January 02, 2004
Gold Canyon RV & Golf Resort, Gold Canyon, AZ - Dec 26-Jan 1
We were invited to stay at this elegant resort (including its own par-3 golf course that Doug did not play) by Pat & Dennis Wood, very good friends that we met on the road and keep in close contact with. We would not normally be able to afford such fancy digs, but there was a cheap one-time introductory rate for a week.
It was truly a blast getting together again with P&D. This is the third year in a row that we've seen the New Year in with them. We spent the early part of the evening playing games with them & another couple. The other couple and Dennis headed for bed around 10:30, so Pat, Willie & Doug decided to check out the party at the clubhouse. We got there about 11:15 and were invited in when they caught us dancing outside the room (the Hokey-Pokey). We all danced & generally made fools of ourselves until just before midnight when the Champagne was distributed for a New Year's toast. We even had those silly hats & noise makers.
We got together most evenings for card games. We all went to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, which has desert plants from around the world. Pat & Dennis took us to some of their favorite places in the Eastern suburbs of Phoenix, including Changing Hands Bookstore, a truly special place. P&D have a new cat, "Mr. P", a Cornish Rex, which looks like an tiny, skinny Siamese, but is as soft as can be and is very affectionate. We were totally in love with him by the time we left. We also got some technical support from Dennis to get motivated to purchase a wireless bus connector so we can hook up to the Internet using WiFi whenever it is available. This is a high speed internet connection that many locations have, which you can purchase by the day, week or month. It is at many Starbucks, Flying J and McDonald locations, just to mention a few. Plus RV parks are starting to have it available. We used it successfully to update our Windows software but haven't found it available since. Heck, in these remote areas we're lucky to get cellphone reception!!
It was truly a blast getting together again with P&D. This is the third year in a row that we've seen the New Year in with them. We spent the early part of the evening playing games with them & another couple. The other couple and Dennis headed for bed around 10:30, so Pat, Willie & Doug decided to check out the party at the clubhouse. We got there about 11:15 and were invited in when they caught us dancing outside the room (the Hokey-Pokey). We all danced & generally made fools of ourselves until just before midnight when the Champagne was distributed for a New Year's toast. We even had those silly hats & noise makers.
We got together most evenings for card games. We all went to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, which has desert plants from around the world. Pat & Dennis took us to some of their favorite places in the Eastern suburbs of Phoenix, including Changing Hands Bookstore, a truly special place. P&D have a new cat, "Mr. P", a Cornish Rex, which looks like an tiny, skinny Siamese, but is as soft as can be and is very affectionate. We were totally in love with him by the time we left. We also got some technical support from Dennis to get motivated to purchase a wireless bus connector so we can hook up to the Internet using WiFi whenever it is available. This is a high speed internet connection that many locations have, which you can purchase by the day, week or month. It is at many Starbucks, Flying J and McDonald locations, just to mention a few. Plus RV parks are starting to have it available. We used it successfully to update our Windows software but haven't found it available since. Heck, in these remote areas we're lucky to get cellphone reception!!
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 11:48 PM 
